China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement
The China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA) is a treaty between Australia and China to minimise harm to the major areas used by migratory birds which migrate between the two countries. CAMBA was first developed on October 20, 1986 and came into force on September 1, 1988.[1] Eighty-one bird species are listed in the agreement, as per the table below.
| No. | Common name | Species name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Streaked shearwater | Puffinus leucomelas (Calonectris leucomelas) |
| 2 | Sooty shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
| 3 | Leach's storm-petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| 4 | White-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
| 5 | Red-footed booby | Sula sula |
| 6 | Brown booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 7 | Great frigatebird | Fregata minor |
| 8 | Andrew's frigatebird / Christmas frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi |
| 9 | Least frigatebird / Lesser frigatebird | Fregata ariel |
| 10 | Western cattle egret & Cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis (Ardeola ibis) |
| 11 | Great egret | Egretta alba |
| 12 | Eastern reef egret / Pacific reef heron | Egretta sacra |
| 13 | Yellow bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
| 14 | Glossy ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 15 | Garganey | Anas querquedula |
| 16 | Northern shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| 17 | White-bellied sea-eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| 18 | Sarus crane | Grus antigone |
| 19 | Red-legged crake | Rallina fasciata |
| 20 | Corn crake | Crex crex |
| 21 | Pheasant-tailed jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
| 22 | Painted snipe / Greater painted snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| 23 | Grey plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 24 | Lesser golden plover / American golden plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| 25 | Ringed plover / Common ringed plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 26 | Little ringed plover | Charadrius dubius |
| 27 | Mongolian plover / Lesser sand plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| 28 | Large sand-plover / Greater sand plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| 29 | Caspian plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
| 30 | Little curlew & Eskimo curlew | Numenius borealis (Numenius minutus) |
| 31 | Whimbrel / Eurasian whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| 32 | Eurasian curlew | Numenius arquata |
| 33 | Eastern curlew / Far Eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 34 | Black-tailed godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 35 | Bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 36 | Redshank / Common redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 37 | Marsh sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 38 | Greenshank / Common greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 39 | Wood sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 40 | Common sandpiper | Tringa hypoleucos |
| 41 | Grey-tailed tattler & Wandering tattler | Tringa incana (Tringa brevipes) |
| 42 | Terek sandpiper | Xenus cinereus (Tringa terek) |
| 43 | Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 44 | Asian dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| 45 | Latham's snipe | Capella hardwickii (Gallinago hardwickii) |
| 46 | Pin-tailed snipe | Capella stenura (Gallinago stenura) |
| 47 | Swinhoe's snipe | Capella megala (Gallinago megala) |
| 48 | Red knot | Calidris canutus |
| 49 | Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 50 | Red-necked stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| 51 | Long-toed stint | Calidris subminuta |
| 52 | Sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| 53 | Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| 54 | Curlew sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 55 | Sanderling | Crocethia alba (Calidris alba) |
| 56 | Broad-billed sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
| 57 | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| 58 | Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 59 | Grey phalarope / Red phalarope | Phaloropus fulicarius |
| 60 | Oriental pratincole | Glareola maldivarum |
| 61 | Pomarine jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| 62 | White-winged tern | Chlidonias leucoptera |
| 63 | Black tern | Chlidonias niger |
| 64 | Caspian tern | Hydropogne tschegrava (Hydroprogne caspia) |
| 65 | Common tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 66 | Black-naped tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 67 | Bridled tern | Sterna anaethetus |
| 68 | Little tern | Sterna albifrons |
| 69 | Lesser crested tern | Thalasseus bengalensis (Sterna bengalensis) |
| 70 | Common noddy / Brown noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 71 | Oriental cuckoo / Himalayan cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| 72 | White-throated needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus |
| 73 | Fork-tailed swift / Pacific swift | Apus pacificus |
| 74 | Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 75 | Greater striated swallow / Striated swallow | Hirundo striolata |
| 76 | Yellow wagtail / Western yellow wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| 77 | Yellow-headed wagtail / Citrine wagtail | Motacilla citreola |
| 78 | Grey wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| 79 | White wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| 80 | Great reed-warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| 81 | Arctic willow warbler / Arctic warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
See also
References
- "Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment [1988] ATS 22". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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